Counter affidavit on behalf of Chief Municipal Engineer, Patna Nagar Nigam in the matter of Saurav Narayan Vs Bihar Pollution Control Board & Others dated May 20, 2025. The report said that the corporation has been diligently performing its statutory duties within the limitations of the available resources and infrastructure. …
RAJOKRI BORDER: It's 10.30pm on Sunday. Tonight, the first major step to clean up Delhi's air is to be implemented - the imposition of a 'pollution tax' on trucks entering the capital. A long queue of trucks stretches deep into the Gurgaon side of the road as drivers watch the …
Confusion over implementation of the Supreme Court-ordered environment compensation charge (ECC) on commercial vehicles entering Delhi persisted for a second day on Monday, with the tax contractor not collecting the additional amount. The Supreme Court had on October 12 ordered the private toll collection concessionaire to collect Rs. 700 from …
The SMYR Consortium had pleaded with the SC to defer implementation of its order on ECC till December 1. But the court had refused. Confusion continued to prevail at Delhi’s borders with the “environment tax” imposed by the Supreme Court still not being levied, as the municipal corporations failed to …
Municipal corporations, which are responsible for the 122 entry points, said SMYR Consortium had refused to do so The environment compensation charge that was supposed to be collected from commercial vehicles entering Delhi from Sunday was a no-go on Day 1 as the authorities and the toll tax concessionaire failed …
NEW DELHI: Environmentalists have welcomed the Supreme Court's direction on Friday to impose the environmental compensation charge (ECC) from Sunday on heavy diesel trucks plying through the capital. Many feared that an application by SMYR Consortium LLP, the concessionaire responsible for collection, against the imposition of the tax could mean …
Letter from EPCA to Govt of NCT of Delhi regarding Supreme Court order on trucks entering Delhi. EPCA visited, alongwith Transport Commissioner Sh.Parimal Rai, Rajokari Toll Collection Post on 1-2 November 2015 (night).To our great dismay, orders of Hon’ble Supreme Court are being flouted with impunity. No Environment Compensation Charge …
Delhi's big plan to combat air pollution this winter is likely to face a delay. The "green tax" imposed by the Supreme Court on heavy diesel vehicles plying through Delhi may not be enforced from November as the South Delhi Municipal Corporation and a private player bicker over profit and …
NOIDA: Industrialists of the city have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi against the Delhi government's directive of levying pollution entry tax of Rs 700 per entry on commercial vehicles carrying industrial goods via Delhi come Nov 1. The said directive which was passed by Delhi government's cabinet last month …
The SMYR Consortium LLP, that collects toll for Delhi Municipal Corporation at 125 entry points to the city, on Tuesday sought an early hearing of its plea seeking to be spared responsibility of taking the Environment Compensation Charge (ECC) on commercial vehicles entering the capital in course of their onward …
The rising heat that we are witnessing today has more than one reasons behind it, with a major contributor being vehicular pollution. And though norms say that all vehicles must have valid 'pollution under control' PUC certificates, this rule is being laughed off my many a motorist. The PUC certificate …
CHANDIGARH: The rising pollution level has prompted the UT administration to begin an exercise to study the pattern of Environmental Compensation Charge imposed by National Green Tribunal (NGT) on commercial diesel vehicles entering New Delhi, the first step towards the likely imposition of a similar green tax in the city. …
Civic bodies have expressed helpnessness in excuting the Supreme Court's order to collect pollution tax from diesel-guzzling trucks and commercial vehicles entering the Capital. The said there are no such provision in their agreement deeds with the toll collectors, hence they are likely to move the same court, asking to …
Agreed, diesel cars are cheaper, but they are not much cleaner than what they used to be a decade ago. There is a need to control the sale of diesel cars if pollution in India has to be checked. The Green Tribunal had suggested drastic measures. Maybe the tribunal was …
The National Green Tribunal today issued notices to the state government, Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon and the Haryana State Pollution Control Board seeking response on plea demanding restriction on commercial vehicles transiting through Gurgaon for reportedly leading to air pollution. The notice came after the hearing of a plea filed …
Charges to be operative for 4 months from November 1 on ‘experimental basis’. Pointing out that pollution caused by traffic entering or passing through Delhi inflicts heavy cost on the health of the residents of the capital, the Supreme Court on Monday slapped an environment compensation surcharge on all light …
The court also ordered toll collectors to put in place radio frequency identification systems at the nine main entry points in the city by November 30. Commercial vehicles entering Delhi would have to pay an environment compensatory charge, the Supreme Court ordered on Monday. A bench headed by Chief Justice …
Charges will be Rs 700 for light duty vehicles and two-axle vehicles and Rs 1,300 for three-axle and above. The Supreme Court on Monday imposed an ‘Environment Compensation Charge’ (ECC) on commercial vehicles entering Delhi, in addition to the toll tax, from November 1 for four months on a trial …
Light duty vehicles would have to pay Rs 700 and three-axle vehicles Rs 1,300 for entering Delhi in addition to the toll tax from November 1, with the Supreme Court today imposing the ‘Environment Compensation Charge’ in a bid to check high pollution levels in the city. The apex court’s …
Big trucks entering Delhi will have to pay Rs 1,300 and smaller commercial vehicles Rs 700 with the Supreme Court today ordering an experimental pollution compensation charge from November 1. The court directed the Delhi government to impose the fee, which will be in addition to the standard toll tax …
Beginning November 1, trucks, light goods vehicles and heavy containers passing through Delhi will have to pay `700 or `1,300 (depending on the category of vehicle) as the Supreme Court on Monday asked the Delhi Government to collect the amount as a pollution tax on an experimental basis till February …
